Thanks, Spiros (@fiveten) and John (@johnb). I am concerning that the paint may rub off with all the handling necessary to remove the part from the resin block and then clean it up. We may find out today. I am sure your framing came out fine, John. Apparently the secret is to glue one section of the frame at a time and then let it dry.

I think we approach resin the same way, Erik (@airbum). I usually do all of the sawing and cutting before I paint the pieces, but it was definitely easier to paint the cylinders while they were still attached to the plug. I was concerned that the paint would rub off while handling the pieces, but it turned out OK. No paint damage. Probably luck more than skill, but I will take the win.

Amazing progress, my friend @gblair andd equally amazing skills. All looking super! This will be a most adorable model once finished.

Thanks, Spiros (@fiveten) and John (@johnb). The front two vertical legs on the frame should be attached to the bottom frame piece. When I did a test fit of the bottom and sides of the framework they fit perfectly. At this point, the bottom piece of the frame was flat. Then I discovered that the bottom of the frame was to be attached to a curved floor, which I think represents the top of the wing. Since the bottom frame piece was flat, it became curved when I attached it to the floor. The problem is that when the bottom piece of the frame is attached to the curved floor, it no longer matches the side pieces. I discovered if I attached the 2nd and 3rd vertical struts to the bottom framework that the completed frame would fit in the fuselage. The only problem is that the front of the frame is hanging in the air. I am hoping that they won't be visible once the fuselage is closed up. If it looks like they will be visible, I will probably replace them with some plastic rod. There have been several things that haven't matched up very well in this kit, including the pieces for the front of the engine, which were both too short and too large in diameter to fit on the engine. I will need to fix those today also. Cheers.

Thanks for the info, John (@johnb). I am glad I am not the only one who found the frame difficult. I have been fitting and reshaping for the last hour. At first, the floor/wing section wouldn't fit between the fuselage sides when I tested to see if it fit. I sanded about 1/16" from each side of the floor to get it to fit, only to discover the flat section behind the seat was too wide to allow the top of the fuselage to close. Another round of sand and test, and I think I finally have something that will allow the fuselage sides to come together. And I managed to do all of the sand and fit without breaking anything in the cockpit. Now I just need to see if the instrument panel will also fit. Lots of fun...

OK, John (@johnb), I got the fuselage closed up, so I expect some fun tomorrow. The floor was much too wide, so I spent an hour sanding and testing before the fuselage would close around the cockpit. I couldn't get the area aft of the cockpit to close and discovered the frame was actually too wide. I clipped off the horizontal parts of the bottom frame which allowed the frame to flex toward the centerline. This finally allowed the rear of the fuselage to close. I applied a profuse amount of glue, slapped the two sides of the fuselage together, and then taped everything up to keep everything in place while it dried. I found an appropriate size of round Evergreen plastic, painted it black, cut it to size, and added the missing parts to the engine. Unlike the larger kit parts, these actually cleared the cylinder heads and fit perfectly. On to the wings tomorrow. Cheers everyone.

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Thanks, Spiros (@fiveten). I am gathering my inner resources to tackle the wing.

Thanks, John (@johnb). After every build, I decide that the next build will be something easy and relaxing, and then I come up with something like this. Maybe the next one will be more relaxing.